Stationary washtub



K. W ITTMAYER A l,797,629

March 24, 1931.

STATI ONARY WASHTUB Invcnlor A llomey Filed April 21, 1930 Patented Me.24, 1931' KATIE wl'I'TmAYER, OF LODI, CALIFORNIA.

STATIONARY WASHTUB Application filed April 21,

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements instationary wash tubs, and the primary object of this nvention is toprovide a stationary wash tub of somewhat conventional Construction andembodying integrally therewith a wash board and a splash shield on 'theupper edge of the tub extending along all sides of 'the tub.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a stationary washtub wherein the wash board at its flared shield are integral with andform a part of the tub.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparentduring a study of' the following description, taken in connection withthe accompanying drawings wherein:

Figur-e l is a top plan view of my improved tub,

Figure 2 is a Vertical transverse sectional View therethrough,

'Figure 3 is a detail sectional View taken substantially at right anglesto Figure 2.

With reference in detail to the dra'wings, it will be seen that my washtub is somewhat conventional in nature being preferably of thestationary type and accordingly formed from crockery-ware or likematerial and including a bottom 5, a plane rear wall 6, plane side walls7 and an inclined front wall 8.

Seid rear wall 6, end walls 7 and front wall 8 at the upper edge thereofhave formed integrally therewith an inwardly directed horizontallydisposed flange whereby to rovide an anti-splash rim or shield 9 extening along all foursides of. the wash tub. Fur thermore, the inclinedfront wall 8 has its inner face corrugated or otherwise ribbed as at 10to provide a rubbing surface constituting a wash tub.

Thus it will be seen that through the medium of the rim 9 extendinginwardly at substantially right angles to the walls of the tub andprovided on its under face with an inwardly curved surface 9' mer 'nginto the inner face of the respective wa ing water striking the'underface of the rim or flare shield 9 will through the medium of the curvedunder face 9' of the rim return inwardly to the tub thus preventing thewal, the splash- 1930. Serial No. 446988.

ter from splashing over the upper edge of the walls of the .tub whichoften results in the launderer or one using the tub becominguncomfortably Wet. V

It is' also to be noted that this shield or rim 9 extends along theupper edge of the wall 8 and inwardly beyond the inner face of the wallalso providing a shield for the rubbing surface thus pro'tecting thelaunderer from splashing water and at the same time interfering in noway with the usual rubbing of the articles over the ribbed surface 10.

If desired, the tub at opposite corners thereof may be provided withsuitable soap holders 11.'

It is thought that from the foregoing description, taken in connectionwith the acconpanying drawings a clear understanding of the invemon,together with its many advantages will be had by those skilled in theart wthout a more detailed description.

Even though I have herein shown and described the preferred embodim'entof my invention, it is to be understood that the same is susceptible tochanges fully comprehended by the spirit of the invention as hereindescribed and the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

A stationary wash tub comprising a flat bottom wall, Vertical rear andside walls, and a front wall inclining forwardly and upwardly from thebottom wall, the front wall having its inner face provided with aplurality of transversely extending corrugations, said *corrugationsextending substantially from the flat bottom wall to the top edge of thefront wall, the upper edges of all of said side, rear, and front wallsbeing provided with inwardly directed splash flanges having flat upperfaces, the meetingpoint of the flanges of the side walls and rear wallbeing provided with pockets.

.In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

KATIE WITTMAYER.

